136 Things You Can Do Today To Drum

Up Loans

The following is a list of 136 things that you can implement today to improve your mortgage business and increase your income. There are literally thousands of methods of lead generation. Loan officers do not succeed because of lack of leads. They fail because of lack of action and education. This report leaves you no excuse for "having nothing to do" or "not knowing how to generate leads". I am sure you can think of many other things you can do on a daily basis to increase your business. The question is, "will you do them?"

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Things you can do today to drum up business. Realtors

1. Handwrite a note to a realtor. 2. Attend an open house and leave flyers for the realtor 3. Do a weekly newsletter for Realtors. 4. Send out postcards and call Realtor ads 5. Call on RE offices. 6. Meet with one realtor a day for lunch 7. Market toward realtors using the Marketing to Agents Toolkit 8. Leave food at realtors’ office with info and business cards 9. Attend open houses on weekly bases on “Sundays” 10. Follow up with those realtors from the open houses 11. Start a mailing campaign to new licensed realtors 12. Contact title company see about doing a realtor appreciation breakfast 13. Pull email addresses of selected Realtors from MLS database, or from specific

Realities and send electronic invitation for a meeting for serving as loan agent to Realtor for mutual benefit.

Old Clients

14. Daily review/call 1 old file that was either denied or no action was ever taken by client

15. Send follow up letter to "can’t help you right nows". 16. Handwrite a note to thank recent referrals 17. Ask senior broker if he has any leads that need follow up. 18. Ask senior broker about reviewing in house file of people with ARM’s who may

qualify for refis. 19. Contact past customers. 20. Pass out business cards to family and friends. 21. Ask past clients for referrals - working your database 22. Ask for referrals from Loans In Process 23. Search company database of turndown files or closed loans from loan officers that

are no longer with the company 24. Review my pipeline for potential and thoroughness, to make sure loan closes 25. Set up a follow up system and keep in contact system for old clients

Networking

26. Have lunch with one friend each week that I have not seen in a while for a new networking opportunity

27. Hand out business card to someone each day 28. Find a group to join that I’ll have a sincere interest in.

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29. Attend church more often and make a point to introduce myself to one new person each time

30. Send out birthday cards for that given month 31. Send out thank you or note cards 32. Attend referral groups on weekly basis 33. Contact divorce attorneys 34. Visit banks for their turndowns 35. Compile circle of influence list: friends and family 36. Write letter to circle of influence list for referrals 37. Compile professional network list and contact to discuss networking

opportunities: CPAs, Realtors, Insurance Agents, Builders, Financial Advisors, and others

38. Write letter to target professional network list 39. Put together a birthday list of past clients and make a tickler file for such 40. Do same for my active referrers 41. Network at business/social networking events 42. Look into joining or starting a referral group chapter like BNI or LeTip 43. Join different friends' family dinner and gatherings 44. Attend every friend and client's important event for example birthday party,

wedding and so on. 45. Network with my kids’ friends’ parents 46. Visit my old work and let everyone there know about my new career 47. Have my husband pass out my business cards to his coworkers 48. Partner with churches & other organizations for 1st time homebuyer workshops, 49. Contact HR departments of mid-sized companies to do lunchtime 1st time HB

workshops, Advertising

50. Purchase internet leads. 51. Write a new ad and place in local newspaper. 52. Design a postcard for bankruptcy segment. 53. Drive areas for FSBO’s and follow-up with owners. 54. I am also calling on FSBO’s 55. Door hangers to renters. 56. Work on my website 57. Insert business cards in books at bookstores and libraries 58. Monthly Newsletter – freemortgagenewsletters.com 59. Post cards 60. Mass mailing 61. Put fish bowls at 3 restaurants 62. Start a marketing campaign for new home buyers 63. Work on 4th of July marketing 64. Work on Easter event marketing 65. Write letters to FSBO sellers for my services. Pull info from selected websites. 66. Write letters to MLS Sellers offering my services as loan agent for their next

purchase they might have in plan.

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67. Research into the marketing companies who send out mailers to a targeted audience offering refinance

68. Look for a mortgage company that provides leads and oversees the loan origination and processing till closing to get personal marketing out of the way.

69. Call company supplying telemarketing leads 70. Call my “Farm List” (old turndown files that have future potential) 71. Send Direct Mail to Homeowner Lists 72. Send Direct Mail to Potential Prospects 73. Create personal brochure

a. look for good samples b. create first draft – list highlights c. look for a professional brochure designer d. beta test personal brochure & implement feedback

74. Design and order personalized marketing magnet 75. Create coupon for closing costs discount 76. Research and devise postcard marketing for neighbors 77. Research and devise postcard marketing for real estate investors 78. Identify and learn loan programs targeting real estate investors 79. Work with title company to extract mailing labels for my target markets 80. Make a list of marketing books to read and start reading 81. Review mortgage ads in the newspaper, internet & magazines 82. Develop an ad co op with other LO’s in my office 83. Order new business cards 84. Mail monthly newsletters 85. Leave business card at places where I eat lunch and/or dinner 86. Plan a first-time homeowner’s seminar with a more experienced coworker 87. I want to get a pitch out to some apartment complexes to show people the

possibilities of home ownership as opposed to wasting good money paying high rents.

88. Mailings to owners of rental homes; obtain info from newspaper, website or while driving

89. Put business card/flyers on bulletin boards – universities, grocery stores, home depot

90. Research apartment complexes for new homeowner campaign 91. Canvas neighborhoods for recent for sale signs – contact them by mail for new

loan 92. Add a signature file to my email 93. Offer a free report online or print classified; locate or create several reports 94. Offer free report on credit scores to prospective clients 95. Seminar on home buying for first time home buyers 96. Seminar on investment property for investors 97. Set up marketing campaign to EA and CPA in area after tax season 98. Make contact with local foreclosure door knockers (investors) re: loans 99. Write press release on interest rates and their effect on mortgage payments for

local paper

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100. Offer free home mortgage evaluations for those with interest only or term loans

101. Find translator to translate first time home buyer materials into Spanish 102. Talk to business owners for business loans. 103. Put ad in local bargain hunter paper. 104. Write ad for my electronic yellow pages. 105. Write reports for my website. 106. Write informative articles for local paper. 107. Start a FSBO campaign, 108. Set up and us a call capture system, 109. Bandit signs offering zero down loans, 110. Put USPs on back of business cards.

Self-Improvement

111. Study marketing material. 112. Meditate 113. Brainstorm and develop new marketing plans. 114. Get comfortable with usage of LOS 115. Continue reading book Thinks and Grow Rich. 116. Start reading book ‘The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. 117. Obtain book The NOW Habit by Neil Fiore and start reading. 118. Learn ACT 119. Read new articles or books on self-improvement, marketing, and mortgage

info 120. Analyze my conversion rates 121. Create Thank-You letter template library 122. Read at least one article a week on the business 123. Visit sales and marketing websites to try to pick up new ideas 124. Spend a day with a more experienced loan officer to see how he markets

himself and how he spends his time daily 125. Try to keep my days organized so that I get everything done in a timely

fashion. 126. Continue to learn and gather information so that I will come to have a

level of comfort in the business so that I could better serve my clients. 127. Try to keep a good positive attitude and not get discouraged 128. Always keep my eyes open for opportunities for business this also

includes people looking to sell their houses because this means referrals for my real estate friends.

129. Attend a real estate meeting, class or seminar 130. Analyze current marketing effectiveness 131. Set personal Goals 132. Educate myself to new areas of the business 133. Update current procedures 134. Track my marketing

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135. Analyze my current conversion rates 136. Study objection handling